‘All in against Cancer’ on Daffodil Day 2024
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Jimmy Buckley of Buckley’s SuperValu with Maureen Sweeney, Ann Mooney, Barbara Lee McDonagh, Jennifer Kelly and Grace Gaffney, on Daffodil Day, last Friday.Image 2 of 10
Bernie Frayne McHugh had just made a donation for Daffodil Day when the Westmeath Examiner was passing the Market Square on Friday morning. Dónal Lawlor and John O’Toole were the volunteers on duty at the time.Image 3 of 10
Aidan Leahy is volunteering for Daffodil Day outside the offices of the North Midlands Credit Union in Mullingar on Friday morning.Image 4 of 10
Bernie Quinn and Mary Quirke, who has been an Irish Cancer Society member for 37 years, collecting donations at Spar in Rochfortbridge for Daffodil Day, last Friday.Image 5 of 10
Marie Kiernan, on volunteer duty for Daffodil Day, with Teresa McCormack.Image 6 of 10
Aisling Wallace-Giles volunteering for the Irish Cancer Society outside Aldi in Mullingar on Daffodil Day.Image 7 of 10
Pat Rush chatting to Ann Whelan and Mary O’Hehir, Daffodil Day volunteers.Image 8 of 10
Trisha Healy with her stall at Daybreak Clonmellon on Friday for Daffodil Day.Image 9 of 10
Carina Buckley and Noel Devine at Leonard’s shop, Clonmellon, doing their bit for Daffodil day on Friday.Image 10 of 10
Nuala and Yvonne volunteering in Ballymore on Daffodil Day.The Irish Cancer Society aimed to raise €6 million on Daffodil Day 2024 to support its free services, and volunteers across north Westmeath played their part in helping to gather in the funds.
They were out from early on Friday, March 22, urging the public to go all in against cancer on Daffodil Day.
The society say that the cost of living crisis has put an added strain on those affected by cancer, causing increased demand for their services, particularly transport services and counselling.
The number of drives the society’s transport service provides has increased by 30% in the last year and their drivers covered 2.3 million kilometres in 2023.
Interactions with the society’s support line and Daffodil Centres are up 31% year-on-year, and cancer specialist nurses had 28,000 conversations last year with people affected by cancer.
The number of Night Nursing nights, which allow cancer patients to die at home surrounded by their loved ones, also rose in 2023 and Irish Cancer Society night nurses provided 6,800 nights of care to terminally ill cancer patients.
People can still donate at cancer.ie.